You may feel like being alone at home rather than engaging in social activities today. Your desire to spend time away from others may either be due to your need of downtime or simply your wish to have time for quiet reflection. Unplugging from the world around you for a while could give you the space you need to reenergize yourself. Perhaps you can think about creating a mini-meditation retreat today. You might set aside a place where you can reflect upon your life by simply watching your breath rise and fall. Using incense or aromatherapy and turning off the phone can also help you create surroundings that are devoted to calming your mind and refreshing your body and spirit. You could find that by spending time in a peaceful environment you have more energy to cope with the outside world.

Taking short meditation retreats allows us to become centered, cultivate greater peace of mind, and renew our energy levels. Given our responsibilities, having the time for a full-length meditation retreat is not always possible for many of us. Creating short pockets of time where we treat ourselves to reflection and meditation, however, is a wonderful means to incorporate such a practice into our everyday routine. Rather than having to go away to renew ourselves we can create a haven amidst the activities of our daily lives, and we will begin to feel the positive benefits immediately. By making your home a sanctuary for reflection today, you will find a powerful approach for recharging yourself when you need it.